The Arc of Boxing

The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science

Mike Silver (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

238 Seiten

2008
McFarland & Company (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3849-5 (ISBN)

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Discusses the socioeconomic and demographic changes that have affected the quality, prominence and popularity of boxing over the 20th century. This book covers topics such as the deterioration of boxers' skills, their endurance, the decline in the number of fights and the psychological readiness of championship-caliber boxers.

Are today's boxers better than their predecessors, or is modern boxing a shadow of its former self? Boxing historians discuss the socioeconomic and demographic changes that have affected the quality, prominence and popularity of the sport over the past century. Among the interviewees are world-renowned scholars, some of the sport's premier trainers, and former amateur and professional world champions. The chapters cover such topics as the ongoing deterioration of boxers' skills, their endurance, the decline in the number of fights and the psychological readiness of championship-caliber boxers. The strengths and weaknesses of today's superstars are analyzed and compared to those of such past greats as Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Dempsey and Jake LaMotta.

Mike Silver is a former boxing promoter and inspector with the New York State Athletic Commission whose many articles on boxing have appeared in the New York Times, Ring magazine, Boxing Monthly and ESPN and Seconds Out websites.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2008
Zusatzinfo	ca. 50 photos, notes, index
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-3849-5 / 0786438495
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3849-5 / 9780786438495
Zustand	Neuware